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PBS remains committed to co-producing and acquiring British drama despite increased competition from digital rivals including BritBox and Acorn TV. The public broadcaster has long been the home of scripted series from the other side of the pond but has found itself competing with more rivals in recent years, including…

PBS boss Paula Kerger will stick around at the public broadcaster for a while. Kerger, who is president at CEO of PBS, revealed Monday at the TCA summer press tour that she has signed a five-year contract extension. "It's because I believe so strongly in the purpose and power of public television," she said. "Public…

Responding to the Trump Administration's third proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger issued a statement on Monday: PBS and our 350 member stations across the country have earned bipartisan Congressional support over the years due to the high value the American peop…

Once upon a time, when a Republican sat in the White House the head of PBS tended to come to TCA with a target on the back, and take lots of questions about threats to shutter or slash funding for public broadcasting operations. But Saturday, journalists wanted to know if PBS CEO Paula Kerger “feels safer now” what…

EDITORS’ NOTE: This story originally posted on January 25. The Television Critics Association winter press tour gets underway today. Just months after Facebook made its Television Critics Association press tour debut at the summer conference, and Netflix and Amazon returned to the fold after going MIA, Netflix and…

PBS chief Paula Kerger devoted much of her 25th consecutive TCA at-bat celebrating the renaissance of Fred Rogers calling him a "singular individual" whose "civility and graciousness" which she said "are especially resonant today" without elaborating, because it was not necessary. She reminded TV critics Morgan…

President Donald Trump has sent Congress his $4.4 trillion spending plan for FY 2019; it calls for elimination of federal funding for public media. PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger issued the following comment: Public broadcasting has earned bipartisan Congressional support over the years thanks to the value we…

PBS CEO Paula Kerger spent much of her semi-annual Q&A at TCA today taking questions about decisions to jettison Charlie Rose and Tavis Smiley after both men were accused of sexually harassment. Kerger is one of the few TV industry executives brave enough to stand before reporters at the semi-annual TV-industry…

Margaret Atwood, George R.R. Martin, Gaye King, Lauren Graham, John Irving, and Bill T. Jones are among those lending their voices to PBS's The Great American Read. PBS CEO Paula Kerger announced the celebs at TCA Tuesday morning, also including Devon Kennard, Diane Lane, Lesley Stahl Junot Diaz. They will share…

PBS will air a five-part, half-hour series about the #MeToo movement, premiering on Friday, February 2. #Metoo, Now What? will engage both women and men from in dialogue about how the movement started and how to effect lasting change for the better, PBS CEO Paula Kerger said in announcing the series Tuesday morning at…

PBS President & CEO Paula Kerger came to TCA on Sunday to tell Congress what actually will happen if they cut funding for public broadcasting and to warn that doing so might anger their constituents – including Trump voters. She warned those TV critics who complacently have been saying to her, "Well, you have been…

PBS CEO Paula Kerger said today that President Donald Trump’s budget proposal would threaten the “very existence” of PBS at a time “when commercial news media pushes Americans apart.” Dismissing charges of left-wing bias and notions that PBS is geared to coastal elites, Kerger told a Detroit business group that the…